Google’s CEO says AI is jagged, not general.

Here’s what that means:

• 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁, 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Token use is exploding. Real use cases are forming. Society’s shockwaves are already here.

• 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘆—𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀: Sundar Pichai calls this AJI—Artificial Jagged Intelligence. We’ll see stunning breakthroughs alongside mistakes. That unpredictability is now the default.

• 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆: The ripple effects will reshape education, jobs, politics, and culture—often in ways we can’t model. Think second- and third-order impacts, not just new apps.

• 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: In real-world usage, a dumber but faster model often wins. If it responds instantly, it feels smarter. Founders should optimize for speed.

• 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁—𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻: Users don’t care if your model wins on LMSYS or MMLU. They care if it helps them write, think, decide, or create better. Founders should focus on usefulness, not leaderboard rankings.

• 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮: Like Google Docs, future apps won’t announce their intelligence. They’ll just work. Invisible, fast, helpful. AI melts into the interface.

📌 Source: clip from Vitrupo on X, original source Sundar Pichai Lex Fridman Podcast #471 on Youtube.